Meanings
plural schistocercas
- rarebiologyAny large grasshopper of the genus Schistocerca.
Schistocercas shouldn't be such fussy eaters. We give them dried oats and green cabbage but they should also be able to survive on grass, carrots, anything really.
2013 May 24, mister_moustachio, “We got our grasshoppers in today. I love how they go towards the light”, in r/Entomology, Reddit1 more example
All the other schistocercas, except for the desert locust, schistocerca gregaria, (responsible for biblical and modern day plagues in Africa) are found in the New World.
2006 October 12, vanessa cardui, “What better day than Columbus Day?”, in Am I Bugging You Yet?: Bug sightings in and around Tustin, California., archived from the original on 23 Nov 2023Synonyms: bird grasshopper
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny large grasshopper of the genus Schistocerca.
Origin
- translingualSchistocerca
- Englishschistocerca
Borrowed from translingual Schistocerca.
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schistocerca. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schistocerca
“schistocerca.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schistocerca. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “schistocerca,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schistocerca.
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